Christian Prokop want to allow in these days as little distraction as possible. The Handball coach shuns the social networks and really have a look just in case of emergency, on his cell phone. “If the tournament is running, I’ll be in the Tunnel,” he announced before the start of the Handball world championship. Recently, Prokop has, however, made an exception, in view of the occasion: Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated him on the phone to the semi-finals of the German team and wish much success for the next match against Norway. If it needed a final proof that the sports in these cold January days, achieved absolutely non-specialist circles, it was the call from the Chancellery in Berlin.
To the title, so much has been fixed for Friday evening, will Angela Merkel be allowed to the Handball coach not to congratulate you. Since the world Cup had two hosts in the ninth tournament game, the first defeat stupid way at the worst time: 25:31 (12:14) had to give the Germans in front of 12 500 spectators in the sold-out Arena in Hamburg against Norway, beaten. Your dream of the world Cup final on Sunday is a chance. Instead, the national players will compete in Herning, Denmark against France for the bronze medal. The defending Champions had conceded in the first semi-final 30:38-swatter against Denmark.
High expectations
The expectation – was everywhere before the semi-finals. Norway? Should be doable, almost a demanding duty. The Scandinavians include for three, four years to the world top, that you were already in 2017 in the final and there just under the then-host France documents, in the temporary Hype around the German national team almost.
On the floor, the floor of the facts, showed from the beginning that the tactics of the two semi-finalists based on fundamentally different ideas: Norway with his irrepressible pace of the game, with his strong Exterior and the outstanding Director Sander Sagosen against the physically strong, more sedate Germans, who were convinced especially as a team – it’s a battle of the systems. Both delegations tried, the opponent to your style to impose.
In their first world Cup semi-final for the last twelve years, the German got the better Start and went first with a 3:1 lead. On the other hand, the Norwegians took advantage of their first power play Situation, freezing cold, and retaliated in turn with a 3:0 run. Defensively, he made the team of national coach Prokop of the circles Sander Sagosens limit. The Minister of defence, Patrick Wiencek and Hendrik Pekeler participated in the Norwegian puppet masters early and hard to his life.
After a quarter of an hour, the Scandinavians were still properly Running. Within a few minutes three simple fast break goals, the Prokop forced at the Stand from 9:11 to a time out get them. Really better it was after the meeting, however, for the hapless Andreas Wolff substitute Silvio Heinevetter defused a couple of throws, his front people were on the Defensive, but often the key half a step too late; in mid-term one, the Germans acted in five Two-minute penalties, on the other hand, there were only two. On the way to the cabin in a national coach Prokop got in touch with the Czech referee Team, after Norway had come to the end on the left outside of Magnus, Rod of the seven-meter line with his already sixth goal at the 12:14-half time. Without Fabian Böhm, who grumbled after coming off the bench with the head through the wall, scored two goals and also the time of the Norwegians, met forced, would have been the residue is even greater.
static
After the break, Uwe gensheimer started the first characters: The captain, conquered a Ball, the Fabian Wiede for the connection hit recycled. Overall, the Germans were in their offensive efforts, but much too static and defensive, they found no resources against the axis, Sander Sagosen/Bjarte Myrhol. Why Procopius replaced the weak Wolff for Heine’s cousin, is allowed to explain to the coach these days, sure, decidedly. After 36 minutes, inevitably the second German break had to follow – 15:19.
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the thing was Done, the Germans fought back to forces. However, they could reduce the residue in any Phase is less than two hits. The Norwegians defended their cushion in the style of a class team and thus also revenge for the defeat against Germany in the European championship semi-finals in 2016. At that time, the Scandinavians conceded with the final siren of the regular season, the compensation and eventually lost in overtime. So far they left it on Friday evening in Hamburg in the first.
